Difference between pages "Sustainer" and "HowTo Upload Podcasts"

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This is a tutorial on uploading podcasts to the URYPlayer system.

Using the website admin

Currently there is no MyURY/Members Internal module for uploading podcasts, so the main way to upload them is the same way Computing do them. Don't worry - this process will get simpler and simpler as the website matures, and may be replaced with a more user-friendly manner later.

Log onto SiteAdmin

Go to https://ury.york.ac.uk/admin (not HTTP, not ury.org.uk) and, if prompted, select "Use your URY credentials".
The requirement to use https://ury.york.ac.uk specifically is an unintentional issue and will hopefully be fixed later.
Go to uryplayer -> Podcasts -> Add.
If you do not see this or are denied access, email Computing Team so they can give you podcasting permissions. In the future, this will be automatic.

The easy bits

Select someone as the podcast Creator.
Approver is currently unused, so you can leave it blank if you want.
Upload your audio into the File box. Your file MUST be in MP3 format (preferably 44.1KHz 192bps). Uploading WAVs will NOT work and in future will not be possible.

Branding packages

To save on some time, if your podcast is a regular one like Newshour or Speech Team, click on Add another Branding Package and check the Package drop-down box to see if your podcast falls under any of the categories. This will automatically assign images and a default title and description to your podcast.
You can apply as many branding packages as you want, but some packages take precedence over others.

Adding a title and description

To assign a title to your podcast, click Add another Associated Text Item and set the Key in the box that appears to "title" and the Value to your title.
Don't worry about the other stuff to the right, unless you want to cancel some metadata or attribute it to someone else.
Do the same thing for a podcast description, but with Key as "description".

Custom images

You can skip this bit if you don't want a unique image. You'll either get the grey Podcast image or, if you chose a branding package above, whatever that package specifies as the image.

To assign your own image to the podcast, click Add another Associated Image, set Key to "player_image" and the Value to your image file.
Currently there is no way to use existing images, so you will have to download existing images and reupload them..
Then do the same for "thumbnail_image" - the former goes onto the player console and the latter goes into the podcast list.
Now press Save and your podcast should upload. Phew!

If things go wrong

If the uploader shouts at you and turns red in places, you probably filled a bit of the form out wrong. Check over for any mistakes and remember that all uploaded files will be blanked and you'll have to select them again.
If bits of the interface are missing, you might not have enough privileges. Ask Computing Team to give you some.
If in doubt, email Computing.

Links

HowTo Index

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-URY is not a 24-hour radio station (usually), so it has a '''sustainer''' whose job is to play something during downtime to make sure URY never broadcasts dead air.
+This is a tutorial on '''uploading podcasts''' to the URYPlayer system.
-This page is a tribute to the various sustainer systems URY has had over the years.
+== Using the website admin ==
-== Sustainer Technology Through The Ages ==
+Currently there is no MyURY/Members Internal module for uploading podcasts, so the main way to upload them is the same way [[Computing]] do them.  Don't worry - this process will get simpler and simpler as the website matures, and may be replaced with a more user-friendly manner later.
-=== 19??-19?? Other radio stations ===
+=== Log onto SiteAdmin ===
+# Go to [https://ury.york.ac.uk/admin https://ury.york.ac.uk/admin] ('''not''' HTTP, '''not''' ury.org.uk) and, if prompted, select "Use your URY credentials".<br>''The requirement to use https://ury.york.ac.uk specifically is an unintentional issue and will hopefully be fixed later.''
+# Go to '''uryplayer''' -> '''Podcasts''' -> '''Add'''.<br>''If you do not see this or are denied access, email Computing Team so they can give you podcasting permissions.  In the future, this will be automatic.''
+=== The easy bits ===
+# Select someone as the podcast '''Creator'''.
+# '''Approver''' is currently unused, so you can leave it blank if you want.
+# Upload your audio into the '''File''' box.  '''Your file MUST be in MP3 format (preferably 44.1KHz 192bps).  Uploading WAVs will NOT work and in future will not be possible.'''
-Before URY had its own sustainer, it broadcast a feed from other radio stations.  The [[80s Technical Manual]] makes reference to Viking FM being the radio station in this role in 1988.
+=== Branding packages ===
+# To save on some time, if your podcast is a regular one like Newshour or Speech Team, click on '''Add another Branding Package''' and check the '''Package''' drop-down box to see if your podcast falls under any of the categories.  This will automatically assign images and a default title and description to your podcast.
+# You can apply as many branding packages as you want, but some packages take precedence over others.
+=== Adding a title and description ===
+# To assign a title to your podcast, click '''Add another Associated Text Item''' and set the '''Key''' in the box that appears to "title" and the '''Value''' to your title.<br>''Don't worry about the other stuff to the right, unless you want to cancel some metadata or attribute it to someone else.''
+# Do the same thing for a podcast description, but with '''Key''' as "description".
+=== Custom images ===
+''You can skip this bit if you don't want a unique image.  You'll either get the grey Podcast image or, if you chose a branding package above, whatever that package specifies as the image.''
+# To assign your own image to the podcast, click '''Add another Associated Image''', set '''Key''' to "player_image" and the '''Value''' to your image file.<br>''Currently there is no way to use existing images, so you will have to download existing images and reupload them.''.
+# Then do the same for "thumbnail_image" - the former goes onto the player console and the latter goes into the podcast list.
+# Now press '''Save''' and your podcast should upload.  Phew!
+=== If things go wrong ===
+# If the uploader shouts at you and turns red in places, you probably filled a bit of the form out wrong.  Check over for any mistakes and remember that all uploaded files will be blanked and you'll have to select them again.
+# If bits of the interface are missing, you might not have enough privileges.  Ask Computing Team to give you some.
+# If in doubt, email Computing.
-It is currently not known to this wiki what URY did back in its foundation years (BBC feed?  Dead air?  Caroline!?), as commercial independent radio wasn't exactly around back then.
+== Links ==
+* [[HowTo Index]]
-=== 19??-19?? Student Broadcast Network ===
-[http://web.archive.org/web/19991116112903/http://ury.york.ac.uk/schedule/t-sbn.htm Back in the 90s] the sustainer service came from the ''Student Broadcast Network'' who broadcast news, music and programming on a national basis for student radio:
-<blockquote>
-While we're not broadcasting our own programmes, we relay the Student Broadcast Network. Broadcasting live via satellite, SBN is a service exclusively for student radio stations in the UK. During the day it provides stations with a non-stop mix of student orientated music with news on the hour every hour. Throughout the night there's a line-up of student programmes, combining live shows from their studios in London and programmes provided by student radio stations around the country.
-</blockquote>
-URY is not a 24-hour radio station (usually), so it has a '''sustainer''' whose job is to play something during downtime to make sure URY never broadcasts dead air.
-This page is a tribute to the various sustainer systems URY has had over the years.
-== Sustainer Technology Through The Ages ==
-=== 19??-19?? Other radio stations ===
-Before URY had its own sustainer, it broadcast a feed from other radio stations.  The [[80s Technical Manual]] makes reference to Viking FM being the radio station in this role in 1988.
-It is currently not known to this wiki what URY did back in its foundation years (BBC feed?  Dead air?  Caroline!?), as commercial independent radio wasn't exactly around back then.
-The earliest schedules available from archives of the URY website shed no light on this, sadly.
-=== 19??-1998 Student Radio Network ===
-Reference is made between Summer 1997 and Summer 1998 of URY relying on the Student Radio Network for out-of-hours broadcasting.  The wiki team currently don't know much about the SRN, but it was likely similar to the Student Broadcasting Network URY later used.
-=== 1998-19?? Student Broadcast Network ===
-[http://web.archive.org/web/19991116112903/http://ury.york.ac.uk/schedule/t-sbn.htm Back in the 90s] the sustainer service came from the ''Student Broadcast Network'' who broadcast news, music and programming on a national basis for student radio.
-<blockquote>
-While we're not broadcasting our own programmes, we relay the Student Broadcast Network. Broadcasting live via satellite, SBN is a service exclusively for student radio stations in the UK. During the day it provides stations with a non-stop mix of student orientated music with news on the hour every hour. Throughout the night there's a line-up of student programmes, combining live shows from their studios in London and programmes provided by student radio stations around the country.
-</blockquote>
-The SBN folded in 2004.
-=== ????-???? OWEN ===
-''More information needed.''
-This may be the source of the ''Overnight Owen'' slots that appear in the schedule at around 2005.
-=== 2012-present INSIDIOUS TONES ===
-The current jukebox system is provided by a LiquidSoap system affectionately named "If No Show, I Do An Instantly Organised Unending Show: Totally Outrageous Nonstop Entertainment System", or ''INSIDIOUS TONES'' for short (also known as just ''iTones'').
-== Branding ==
-Though currently known as the URY Jukebox, the sustainer service previously went by other names:
-* Non-Stop Music
-* URY Music Jukebox
-* Overnight Owen